'How to be green? Many people have asked us this important question. It's really very simple and requires no expert knowledge or complex skills. Here's the answer. Consume less. Share more. Enjoy life.' Penny Kemp and Derek Wall

2 Jan 2010

New name and website for Eco Islam network

1) OUR NEW WEBSITE

Our website has relocated in line with our new name. It is now at www.wisdominnature.org.uk Please update links, as the old website is in process of being taken down. Thanks!

2) PEACE NEWS WINTER GATHERING (Nottingham)15 – 17 January 2010Join people from across the spectrum of the British peace movement for a weekend of exploration, celebration and empowerment - learning from other movements, struggling with challenging issues, and creating greater cohesion and solidarity in a segmented peace movement.

Highlights include:Report back from the Gaza Freedom March; Building for the February blockade at Aldermaston; No Borders report on recent immigrant solidarity campaigning in Calais; Radical climate change activism after Copenhagen; Workshops with Seeds for Change.

Accommodation available. Bookings: www.peacenewsgathering.info

Organised by Peace News in conjunction with Nottingham Students Peace Movement and Notts Anti-Militarism.

All meetings: 6.30pm – 9.15pm. Cost: £20 for the course (£12 conc.); Note:The workshops are a complete series, and we aim to travel together as a group through the various themes. We prefer not to take bookings for single workshops.

What's the event about? This one day conference convened by Sheffield Faiths Forum and SHEBEEN will provide the opportunity to:- Learn about, and discuss the views of faith communities on our relationship with the environment [the earth], based on traditional teachings and current action in response to climate change- Develop a faith perspective on the environment; identifying common ground and differences in approach

Includes input from ShINE & LINE/WIN

Who should attend?

* Members of local faith groups* Members of local environmental organisations * Anyone interested in a faith perspective on the environment

Download the flyer here: http://www.offer.org.uk/resources/documents/Faith%20and%20the%20Environment%20flyer%20final.pdf or book online at www.offer.org.uk/events

5) SEEDY SUNDAY (East Sussex)Date: Sun 7th Feb 2010

Seedy Sunday the event is the UK's biggest community seed swap. It takes place every February in Brighton and Hove, in southern England. In return for a donation or in exchange for seed they have saved, growers can choose seeds from dozens of traditional varieties of garden vegetables, to take home and grow.More info: www.seedysunday.org

This course follows the success of the "Do It Yourself, Tools for empowerment and social change" at Findhorn College in March 2009.Location: Ragman's Lane Farm Forest of Dean, a sixty acre farm in Gloucestershire teaching people how to use land sustainably.Cost: £175-350, depending on income.Who? Trapese is a popular education collective who have been organising interactive workshops which aim to inspire action since 2004. To register please contact us before 27th January 2010.

More info: www.trapese.org

7) PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE (Morocco) - Beginning on April 17th 2010, the course runs in the Moroccan mountains for 14 days with the option of a further week exploring the region and visiting other projects. The course is in partnership with the permaculture research institute of Australia - http://permaculture.org.au - please email Alex Metcalfe for more information.

Travel with the planet in mind - London to Morocco overland/by boat: www.seat61.com/Morocco.htm

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WIN is the UK's first local Islamic ecological activist group. Our original name was LINE, a name that co-exists for the time being. We hold open forums in central London and engage in a transformative approach. Our activities include deep dialogue, educational talks and workshops, climate change campaigning, and nature outings. Find out more about us by visiting our website: http://www.wisdominnature.org.uk

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